“I thought we played a pretty good game,” right wing J.T. Miller said. “I think we deserved better than the outcome of the game. Cam [Talbot] played outstanding for us and the [defense] made some big stops.”

Still, even though Talbot’s calm demeanor and strong positioning led to 25 saves in his NHL debut in place of the injured Henrik Lundqvist, the Rangers lost to the Metropolitan Division bottom-dwelling Flyers, 2-1, Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center after Miller’s apparent third-period equalizer was disallowed.

The Rangers (2-6-0), who may have left wing Benoit Pouliot’s second-period boarding major against Max Talbot subject to supplementary NHL discipline, are now last in the NHL with just 12 goals this season.

The Flyers (2-7-0), who have yet to score more than two goals in a game, snapped a four-game losing streak on Braydon Coburn’s winner from the left point through Wayne Simmonds’ screen at 3:33 of the third period.

“There’s more effort, that’s for sure,” said Brad Richards, who tied the game at 18:56 of the first period with a sharp-angle shot from the left corner for his team-leading fifth goal. “We didn’t out-chance them terribly, but we put a lot more effort into it. But we’ve got to score goals. If it’s more shots, whatever it is, it’s got to be more.”

The Rangers finally conclude their season-opening, nine-game road trip Saturday at Detroit before Monday’s home-opener at the renovated Madison Square Garden against the Canadiens.

Cam Talbot, 26, may make his second NHL start against the Red Wings, who will present a much sterner test than the Flyers. He’s an undrafted free agent out of Alabama-Huntsville and never appeared nervous, stopping future Hall of Famer Vincent Lecavalier on a rush to the crease just nine seconds into the game.

“There might have been a few butterflies as the first faceoff went but, after that, I kind of settled myself down,” Talbot said. “The first save is kind of big to just feel the puck but I actually didn’t know who it was. I was more focused on the puck, not the man.”

Pouliot, seconds after Steve Mason (30 saves) gloved his low shot from the slot, hit Max Talbot in an apparent shoulder-to-shoulder check that drove the Flyers center into the boards by the Rangers’ bench at 17:00 of the second period. Pouliot incurred a five-minute boarding major and a game misconduct.

But the Rangers killed off the five-minute man disadvantage, allowing four shots.

The Rangers instructed Pouliot to not speak to the media after the game.

“I just looked at it quickly,” coach Alain Vigneault said. “The referees decided it was five minutes. I thought Pouliot was trying to go shoulder to shoulder and [Max] Talbot lost his step a little bit. Obviously, he fell awkwardly into the boards and they felt he deserved a major and a game misconduct.”

The Rangers are already short on forwards with Rick Nash (concussion), Ryan Callahan (thumb) and Carl Hagelin (left shoulder) all missing.

Miller’s goal was waved off at 5:36 after he missed the puck with his stick and it struck his skate.

“I didn’t think I kicked it,” Miller said. “Obviously, it just caught me off guard by the way it went in. On the replay, you can see I was swinging my stick and I just tried to bang in a rebound. They saw something with my leg coming through but I actually thought that was a good goal.”

The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at 9:17 of the first period on Matt Read’s short-handed breakaway after the right wing took the puck away from Derick Brassard in the Flyers’ zone. In the second period, Kimmo Timonen hit the right post and Luke Schenn hit the crossbar.